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API 651 Questions

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about corrosion and cathodic protection of storage tanks according to API 651 standards. It addresses where positive metal ions are produced in a galvanic corrosion cell (anode), the type of corrosion large individual corrosion cells are most likely to cause (pitting), the condition most likely to cause differences in potential leading to galvanic cells (differing oxygen concentrations), where stray currents come from (generators, overhead power lines, electric railways, all of the above), and the criteria least likely to influence internal corrosion severity (foundation material). The correct answers are identified.

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API 651 Questions

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about corrosion and cathodic protection of storage tanks according to API 651 standards. It addresses where positive metal ions are produced in a galvanic corrosion cell (anode), the type of corrosion large individual corrosion cells are most likely to cause (pitting), the condition most likely to cause differences in potential leading to galvanic cells (differing oxygen concentrations), where stray currents come from (generators, overhead power lines, electric railways, all of the above), and the criteria least likely to influence internal corrosion severity (foundation material). The correct answers are identified.

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Q1.

API 651: corrosion of tanks


In a galvanic corrosion cell, positive metal ions are
produced where?
 (a) At the anode
 (b) At the cathode
 (c) From the electrolyte
 (d) All of the above

Q2. API 651: types of corrosion


Large individual corrosion cells caused (for example)
by differential aeration of the tank floor cushion (base)
are most likely to cause what type of corrosion of the
tank floor?
 (a) Overall general wall thinning (probably serious)

 (b) Environmental cracking (SCC)

 (c) Stray current-induced corrosion

 (d) Pitting

Q3. API 651: types of corrosion


Which of these is most likely (according to API 651) to
cause differences in potential, leading to the formation
of galvanic corrosion cells?
 (a) The temperature effects of welding

 (b) Differing oxygen concentrations

 (c) A clay-rich electrolyte

 (d) An alkaline electrolyte

Q4. API 651: stray current corrosion


Where do stray currents come from?
 (a) Generators

 (b) Overhead power lines

 (c) Electric railways

 (d) All of the above

Q5. API 651: internal corrosion


Which of these criteria is least likely to influence the
severity of internal corrosion in a storage tank
containing a refined petroleum product?
 (a) Foundation material

 (b) Dissolved gases in the product

 (c) pH of the product

 (d) Conductivity of the product

Q6. API 651: internal corrosion


On balance, which of these corrosion mechanisms is
least likely to affect a plain carbon steel tank?
 (a) Pitting

 (b) Environmental cracking

 (c) General wall-thinning corrosion

 (d) Anodic attack

Q7. API 651: soil conditions


A foundation soil with a resistance (resistivity) of 20
000 ohms is considered:
 (a) Very corrosive

 (b) Moderately corrosive

 (c) Mildly corrosive


 (d) Fairly uncorrosive

Q8. API 651: sand pad conditions


Which of these soil conditions is considered very
corrosive?
 (a) pH 6 and 2000 ppm sulfates

 (b) pH 3 and 1000 ppm sulfates

 (c) pH 7 and 500 ppm chlorides

 (d) All of the above

Q9. API 651: CP systems


Which one of these statements is most correct? (Yes,
these are awkward questions.)
 (a) The objective of any CP system is to make the tank bottom anodic

 (b) The objective of a passive CP system is to make the tank bottom cathodic

 (c) Anodes are more negative than the cathode and so corrode away

 (d) Impressed current CP works better with AC than DC

Q10. API 651: criteria for cathodic protection


Which one of these conditions will give the best
protection of a storage tank from galvanic corrosion?
 (a) The tank is at the same potential as the soil surrounding it

 (b) The tank is 850 mV more anodic than the soil surrounding it

 (c) The tank is 850 mV more positive than the soil surrounding it

 (d) The tank is 850 mV more negative than the soil surrounding it

Q1 A
Q2 D
Q3 B
Q4 D
Q5 A
Q6 B
Q7 C
Q8 B
Q9 B
Q10 D

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